RecommendedReads: JFiction:ScienceFiction
TheArea51Files
JulieBuxbaum
JBUXB, J
When Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she never imagines she'll end up in Area 51, a top-secret military base. Area 51 is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But something even stranger is happening in Area 51--aliens are going missing.
Westfallen AnnBrashares&BenBrashares
JBRAS, A
Told in alternating voices and timelines, twelve-yearold Henry and his two friends unknowingly alter the outcome of World War II when they communicate over radio with three kids from 1944 and must now work together to change it back.
BrandNewBoy
DavidAlmond
JALMO, D
When a new boy joins their class, everyone thinks he's...odd. George doesn't behave like other kids. He doesn't think like other kids. But he's great at football and snacking, and that's what matters to Dan and Maxie and friends, who resolve to make George feel welcome.
RoswellJohnsonSavestheWorld
ChrisColfer
JCOLF, C
When Roswell is accidentally abducted by aliens, his biggest dream comes true--he learns that aliens are real! But when he discovers Earth is in grave danger, he must join forces with a team of quirky extraterrestrials.
ProjectF
JeanneDuPrau
JDUPR, J
From the author of The City of Ember comes a postapocalyptic story set hundreds of years in the future, where life is simple and modern conveniences are a thing of the past...until a boy enchanted by technology is forced to choose between doing the right thing for his community and pursuing his dreams of adventure.
TheExperiment RebeccaStead
JSTEA, R
Eleven-year-old Nathan and his parents have a mission to blend in with humans on Earth, but when Nathan starts growing a tail, he begins to question the true purpose of their alien experiment.
TheFlicker H.E.Edgmon
JEDGM, H
With their parents dead and supplies running low after a solar flare scorched the Earth, stepsisters Millie and Rose leave home with their infant half brother and dog Corncob in search of Millie's grandma, a Seminole elder.
Alebrijes DonnaBarbaHiguera
JHIGU, D
When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts.
TheFirstStateofBeing ErinEntradaKelly
JKELL, E
When Ridge, a time-traveling teenager from the future, gets trapped in 1999, he befriends Michael, a lonely twelve-year-old boy, changing the course of their lives forever.
ASplitSecond JanaeMarks
JMARK, J
When Elise wakes up the morning after her birthday celebration, she’s surprised to find herself in her bedroom. Last she can remember, she had fallen asleep next to her best friends at her slumber party in her basement, and it was October. But now she’s alone, and her phone says it’s April 8.
CountdowntoYesterday
ShirleyMarr
JMARR, S
A moving middle grade novel about one boy's journey to go back in time to prevent his parent's divorce.
WeDoNotWelcomeOur10-Year-Old
Overlord GarthNix
JNIX, G
Ten-year-old prodigy Eila found an alien object that allows her to control peoples' minds (for their own good, of course), and it is up to her older brother, Kim, to save her--and to save the world from her.
ProjectMercury RonaldL.Smith
JSMIT, R
After Ike’s Army mom gets a new job in Mercury, Nevada, on a secretive military base close to Area 51, him and his former friend Eesha must get over their differences to unravel the secrets of Project Mercury.
ARover’sStory JasmineWarga
JWARG, J
Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.
PaigeNotFound JenWilde
JWILD, J
When Paige learns that her parents enrolled her in an autism study without telling her, her world turns upside down. A chip was implanted in her brain that sends them information about her mood, brain activity, and location. It can even boost the chemicals that keep her calm or make her happy. So Paige has to wonder... can she even trust her own mind?